Having said that, I prefer going to minor league games live. I like the small crowds and cheap tickets.

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Street_LegalArchMaster Poster

Joined: Jul 29, 2002
Posts: 3516
Location: The Big D (etroit) area

Posted:
Tue Apr 02, 2013 3:12 am

It was good to see JV welcome the Twins to the 2013 season in FINE fashion! Apologies to Nomad and Stikkie early on for winning the division again this year.... maybe y'all can win the wild card!

_________________A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

I agree the season is too long. The only way to play baseball in the north is like Miller Park, with a roof that can close. I heard good things about Target field, probably heading there this August to catch a game.

Not to nitpick but I just added up their salaries, as per ESPN, and it is $21,165,500. There's a Yahoo article dated Feb 5,2013 that stes "barring any moves 20 players will make more this year then the entire Astros payroll." This article had them at under $20M so they must have splurged!

That said they scored the first run of the year and can say that at one point they had the best record in all of Baseball with that salary!

Set a new record with 43 strikeouts in a 3 game season opening series. WOW!

Anyone dare to bet that they'll break the worst ever record of a 120 loss season? Not counting the Cleveland Spiders 134 as it was pre-1900.

_________________A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.

Thomas Jefferson

FLOYD1Advanced Master Poster

Joined: Feb 22, 2004
Posts: 341
Location: the BIG apple

Posted:
Thu Apr 04, 2013 3:28 am

I am pretty sure it was decided before the season started that the SF Giants would repeat as World Series Champs ...

Let's hear it for your 2013-2014 Championship SF Giants ...

The only way that could sound better is if you substituted Giants for 49ers ....